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January 9, 2014, 11:10 PM

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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Matthew Panzarino replacing Eric Eldon as TechCrunch co-editor, Leena Rao becomes managing editor — And Now For Something Completely Different, Leadership Changes — As you may have read, our beloved co-editor Eric Eldon is moving on to do other things.

Tweets: @alexia, @hunterwalk, @gaberivera, @eldon, @anthonyha, @spencerchen and @alex. See also Mediagazer

Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:

It's Never Too Early To Say Goodbye — “You can't just quietly slip out the door,” I've been told by too many people I trust. So okay, fine, here's this post! — Since you asked, TechCrunch is in a really good place right now. — The various numbers we use to measure ourselves …

More: ParisLemon. Tweets: @om, @leenarao, @mattlynley, @joshelman, @jasonkincaid, @johnolilly, @ryanlawler, @gaberivera, @owenthomas, @frankba, @spencerchen and @eldon. Thanks:@mattsf

Sam Biddle / Valleywag:

Co-Chief Eric Eldon Leaving TechCrunch

Tweets: @panzer, @pickavet, @jguynn, @caseynewton, @dannysullivan, @anthonyha, @samfbiddle, @eldon, @harrisonweber, @semil, @mikeisaac, @megan and @tolles. See also Mediagazer

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

New Gmail Feature Allows Anyone On Google+ To Email You & Vice Versa, But Opt Out Is Provided — Google is today making a change to Gmail that will further bake in Google+ to its webmail product in a way that's actually somewhat practical, though also potentially invasive.

Cade Metz / Wired:

Overstock.com becomes the first major online retailer to accept bitcoins, will use Coinbase's payment system — The Grand Experiment Goes Live: Overstock.com Is Now Accepting Bitcoins — Overstock.com is now accepting payments in bitcoin, making it the first major online retailer to embrace …

More: The Coinbase Blog, The Technology Chronicles, Engadget, ZDNet, Business Insider, Examiner, CoinDesk, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and TechSpot

Tweets: @overstock, @joyce and @brian_armstrong

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Snapchat apologizes for leaked user data, updates app to let you opt out of ‘Find Friends’ — Snapchat today rolled out the security fix it promised last week, which lets users opt out of the app's “Find Friends” feature. The feature, which let users plug in their phone number to find friends …

New Yorker:

How SnapchatDB Attacked Snapchat's Servers

More: Graham Cluley, ReadWrite, TechSpot, The Technology Chronicles and Betabeat

Tweets: @mattbuchanan and @silviakillings

GeekWire:

Surprise: Amazon tests physical retail with ‘Kindle Kiosk’ vending machines — LAS VEGAS — Amazon, the company that defined the world of online commerce, is venturing further into the world of physical retail — experimenting with standalone, automated “Kindle Kiosk” vending machines in selected airports and shopping malls.

More: The Digital Reader and The Verge. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Gartner: PC shipments slip 6.9% to 82.6m units in Q4, as 2013 sees the worst yearly decline in history — The PC market continues to be in free fall, having now seen its seventh consecutive quarter of declining worldwide shipments. Worldwide PC shipments dropped to 82.6 million units …

More: Gartner, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, IDC, CNET, NYT Bits, Re/code, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, CNET, ZDNet, The Mac Observer, SlashGear, Electronista and Engadget

Businessweek:

The Bitcoin-Mining Arms Race Heats Up — Joel Flickinger's two-bedroom home in the hills above Oakland, Calif., hums with custom-built computing gear. Just inside the front door, in a room anyone else might use as a den, he's placed a desk next to a fireplace that supports a massive monitor …

More: Business Insider and Mashable. Tweets: @tophtucker, @mims, @dbfarber, @mccarthyryanj, @jessicalessin, @jimprosser, @valleyhack, @coopeydoop, @phil_mattingly and @glennf

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Jason Calacanis's mobile news startup Inside.com has hired former The Wire editor Gabriel Snyder, launches Jan. 23 — Gabriel Snyder, Former Editor of The Wire, Joins Mobile News Start-Up — Gabriel Snyder, the former editor in chief of The Wire, a website owned by Atlantic Media …

Tweets: @stevekrak, @gabrielsnyder, @jason, @corybe, @pkafka and @margafret. See also Mediagazer

David Cohen / AllFacebook:

Facebook To Sunset Sponsored Stories April 9 — Facebook's sponsored stories have seen their highs and lows, with the lowest low occurring when the ad unit became the subject of a class-action lawsuit, but sponsored stories will be history after April 9, according to a list of breaking changes …

More: Computerworld, Facebook, internetretailer.com, Daily Dot, Inside Facebook, VentureBeat, Marketing Land and WebProNews

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Closing Windows: Microsoft and its platforms are nowhere to be found at CES — For over a decade, Microsoft was the dominant presence at CES. But after pulling out the show in 2013, the company has faded almost completely from view this year: the biggest Microsoft story at CES 2014 …

More: Engadget and Daring Fireball. Tweets: @bdsams

Chance Miller / 9to5Google:

Motorola offering free Google Chromecast with purchase of off-contract Moto X — After the Cyber Monday madness surrounding the $349 Moto X, Motorola officially dropped the device's off-contract price to just $399 last week, looking to get the device into even more consumer's hands.

More: The Verge, BetaNews and PhoneArena

Jungah Lee / Bloomberg:

Samsung Plans Galaxy S5 by April With Possible Eye-Scan Security — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) will release its Galaxy S5 smartphone by April and is considering using iris scanning technology for the first time as it readies the new high-end handset to compete with Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s latest iPhones.

Matt Asay / TechRepublic:

Google's master plan for Android: More Internet users paying $6.30 a pop — The mobile industry is headed to Google, who is in an ideal position to clean up at roughly $6.30 per Internet user per year. — Forget today's smartphone profits: Apple and Samsung increasingly split those relatively evenly …

More: TheStreet.com and BGR. Tweets: @nytimesbits. Thanks:@jasonhiner

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Nokia brings folders to Windows Phone with its Lumia Black rollout — Nokia is once again extending and improving Windows Phone. While Microsoft has implemented Live Tiles across Windows Phone, Nokia is adding a new App Folder interface that allows Windows Phone users to stack apps and settings into a folder Tile on the Start Screen.

More: Nokia Conversations, The Windows Blog, The Next Web, Engadget, TechnoBuffalo, Computerworld, GeekWire, Softpedia News, pocketnow.com, ZDNet, BetaNews, Gotta Be Mobile, SuperSite for Windows and WMPoweruser

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google updates Play services with turn-based multiplayer, Google Drive API, improved battery life, and more — Google today updated Google Play Services to version 4.1, adding turn-based multiplayer support, a preliminary Google Drive API, improved battery life for all users …

More: Android Developers Blog, TechCrunch, TechHive, 9to5Google, Droid Life, AndroidHeadlines.com, Android Central, Phandroid and PhoneArena

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:

Google Data Chief Says ‘Flawed’ EU Privacy Law Is Dead — Google Inc. (GOOG)'s top privacy official said the European Union's “flawed” attempt to overhaul data-protection rules is “dead” and urged politicians to go back to the drawing board. — “Europe's much-ballyhooed, and much-flawed …

More: Digits, SiliconBeat, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Gigaom, Peter Fleischer and Business Cloud News

Guardian:

NSA and GCHQ activities appear illegal, says EU parliamentary inquiry

More: Daily Dot. Tweets: @anniemachon and @lukeharding1968

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